Weiran Cao

6.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
82 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Weiran Cao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Weiran Cao has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 36 papers in Materials Chemistry and 14 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Weiran Cao's work include Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (26 papers), Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (18 papers) and Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (17 papers). Weiran Cao is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (26 papers), Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (18 papers) and Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (17 papers). Weiran Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Macao. Weiran Cao's co-authors include Jiangeng Xue, Yixing Yang, Lei Qian, Ying Zheng, Paul H. Holloway, Xiaolin Yan, Jake Hyvonen, Alexandre Titov, Jesse R. Manders and Hong Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Weiran Cao

76 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

High-efficiency light-emitting devices based on quantum dots with tailored nanostructures

2015 928 citations Yixing Yang, Weiran Cao et al. profile →
Highly stable QLEDs with improved hole injection via quantum dot structure tailoring

2018 321 citations Weiran Cao, Chaoyu Xiang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Homogeneous ZnSeTeS quantum dots for efficient and stable pure-blue LEDs

2025 32 citations Qianqian Wu, Fan Cao et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weiran Cao China	31	3.9k	3.5k	669	607	602	82	5.0k
Di Yang China	37	4.6k 1.2×	4.4k 1.3×	488 0.7×	880 1.4×	345 0.6×	100	5.8k
Wei Yi China	32	2.0k 0.5×	2.6k 0.7×	764 1.1×	470 0.8×	838 1.4×	134	4.6k
Yongzhe Zhang China	35	2.6k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	462 0.7×	470 0.8×	848 1.4×	204	4.4k
Hyungjun Kim South Korea	41	4.2k 1.1×	5.0k 1.4×	393 0.6×	423 0.7×	1.0k 1.7×	194	6.5k
Xihua Wang Canada	25	3.7k 1.0×	3.9k 1.1×	351 0.5×	586 1.0×	848 1.4×	108	5.1k
Qingsheng Zeng China	45	3.6k 0.9×	5.1k 1.4×	648 1.0×	850 1.4×	1.3k 2.2×	129	6.9k
Sivacarendran Balendhran Australia	35	2.8k 0.7×	3.9k 1.1×	412 0.6×	690 1.1×	815 1.4×	68	5.4k
Young Jae Song South Korea	32	2.2k 0.6×	2.8k 0.8×	666 1.0×	316 0.5×	793 1.3×	120	4.1k
Sungjoo Lee South Korea	44	4.9k 1.3×	5.9k 1.7×	516 0.8×	612 1.0×	1.6k 2.7×	168	8.1k
Joice Sophia Ponraj India	26	2.1k 0.5×	3.1k 0.9×	684 1.0×	706 1.2×	933 1.5×	62	4.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cao, Weiran, et al.. (2025). Codelivery of apigenin, FdUMP and CD276 antibody synergistic inhibit colorectal cancer by ferroptosis-apoptosis-pyroptosis and CD276 blockade. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 20(2). 101016–101016. 3 indexed citations

Qian, Lei, Weiran Cao, & Lifeng Chen. (2025). Influence of artificial intelligence on higher education reform and talent cultivation in the digital intelligence era. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 6047–6047. 3 indexed citations

Xu, Ming, et al.. (2025). Simultaneously improving color purity, stability, and health-friendliness of OLEDs via optimally designed color filters. Optics Express. 33(6). 13506–13506.

Wu, Qianqian, Fan Cao, Wenke Yu, et al.. (2025). Homogeneous ZnSeTeS quantum dots for efficient and stable pure-blue LEDs. Nature. 639(8055). 633–638. 32 indexed citations breakdown →

Yang, Fujun, et al.. (2025). Visualization of particle micro-rotations and strain (force) chain in granular materials using three-dimensional electronic speckle pattern interferometry. Optics & Laser Technology. 186. 112642–112642.

Cao, Weiran, Xue Zhang, Rui Li, et al.. (2024). Lipid core-shell nanoparticles co-deliver FOLFOX regimen and siPD-L1 for synergistic targeted cancer treatment. Journal of Controlled Release. 368. 52–65. 13 indexed citations

Hu, Kai, et al.. (2024). P‐1.8: High Performance Amorphous IZO/IGZO Bilayer Thin Film Transistors for Ink‐jet Printed AMOLED Displays. SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers. 55(S1). 649–653.

Li, Bo, Fei Chen, Huaiyu Xu, et al.. (2024). Advances in understanding quantum dot light-emitting diodes. 1(6). 412–425. 47 indexed citations

Yang, Min, Xiangmin Hu, Menglin Li, et al.. (2024). Machine Learning Correlating Photovoltaics and Electroluminescence of Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes. ACS Photonics. 11(5). 2131–2137. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Liuhe, Guangyao Li, Peng Zhang, et al.. (2023). 8.1: Invited Paper: 17‐inch Flexible IGZO OLED Display by Ink‐jet Printing Method. SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers. 54(S1). 77–80. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Xingtong, Xiongfeng Lin, Xiaojuan Sun, et al.. (2023). Blue light-emitting diodes based on colloidal quantum dots with reduced surface-bulk coupling. Nature Communications. 14(1). 284–284. 120 indexed citations

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Cao, Weiran, et al.. (2023). Three-Dimensional Animation Generation and Image Enhancement Technology Based on Multi-Column Convolutional Neural Network Model. IEEE Access. 11. 82284–82293.

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He, Yi, et al.. (2023). 16.3: A Method to Improve The Reliability of T/G IGZO AMOLED Flex Panel. SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers. 54(S1). 132–134. 1 indexed citations

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Cao, Weiran, et al.. (2022). 33‐2: Invited Paper: Flexible OLED Displays with Ink‐Jet Printing Technology. SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers. 53(1). 395–397. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jinyang, Lixuan Chen, Dongze Li, et al.. (2021). Large-area patterning of full-color quantum dot arrays beyond 1000 pixels per inch by selective electrophoretic deposition. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4603–4603. 111 indexed citations

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Xiang, Chaoyu, Longjia Wu, Zizhe Lu, et al.. (2020). High efficiency and stability of ink-jet printed quantum dot light emitting diodes. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1646–1646. 182 indexed citations

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Xu, Ming, Ming Liu, Muhammad Umair Ali, et al.. (2019). Efficient thermally activated delayed fluorescence based on carbonitrile-substituted pyridine and carbazole. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 7(44). 13754–13758. 5 indexed citations

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Yang, Ziyan, Ting Zhang, Jingyu Li, et al.. (2017). Multiple electron transporting layers and their excellent properties based on organic solar cell. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 9571–9571. 22 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fengjuan, Shujie Wang, Lei Wang, et al.. (2016). Super color purity green quantum dot light-emitting diodes fabricated by using CdSe/CdS nanoplatelets. Nanoscale. 8(24). 12182–12188. 111 indexed citations

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Liu, Hong, Weiran Cao, Yun Su, Zhen Chen, & Yong Wang. (2013). Bismuth oxyiodide–graphene nanocomposites with high visible light photocatalytic activity. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 398. 161–167. 125 indexed citations

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